my son was bitten several times by seed ticks - His Dr. took a non-fasting base line CBC before starting an Antibiotic tx of Augmentin.
His blood sugar was 147. Normal is 75-110 for his age. On a fasting CBC is was still at 137. Hiws A1C came back to day normal - so no issues the prior three months. Still waiting on labs for the inuslin test.
The dr. is looking at Type 1 diabetes although NOONE in our family for 3 generations has it. He is an active kid so type 2 was out of the question.
My ? is - can his glucose levels be effected by the tick bites he sustained over three weeks ago? All of his labs were done prior to starting tx.
Posted by manybites (Member # 33750) on :
I was having problem with the sugar level when I did not know I had lyme and TBD .And no I am not Diabetic.
Posted by Razzle (Member # 30398) on :
I know Lyme can play havoc with the pancreas, which is the part of the body in which insulin is made. So yes, I think it is possible for Lyme/coinfections to mess with blood sugar levels.
Posted by Beth22 (Member # 30232) on :
i believe this because i have been (for the last 6 months) eating less sugar than ever in my life, almost none, and just had labs done w high glucose levels. I've never had high levels before.
Posted by BoxerMom (Member # 25251) on :
The co-infection Babesia is notorious for causing blood sugar dysregulation.
My insulin resistance completely went away after Babesia treatment. It is back now that I have relapsed, but much more manageable.
I think it will resolve when I'm done with this round of Babesia treatment.
I still had Lyme and Bart when my blood sugar issues resolved the first time.
Posted by nefferdun (Member # 20157) on :
I was totally shocked when my skinny active 23 year old son was diagnosed with latent diabetes. He has LADA which takes more time to destroy the beta cells. Young children usually progress much faster so you need to take this seriously and do something NOW.
You can have blood work done to check for antibodies. You should also get a C-Peptide test which tells you how much insulin his body is producing.
Better assume it is diabetes than wait until total destruction of his beta cells occurs. I have been studying this for 9 months and this is critically important.
First have his vitamin D levels checked and supplement to optimal doses. High doses of the vitamin B3, niacinamide (NOT niacin) help to stall the beta cell destruction.
Studies in New Zealand show that supplementation with vitamin D and niacinamide in children with antibodies but no disease symptoms, often prevents the disease for developing - but once they are insulin dependent there is nothing you can do. And this happens quickly.
The most effective treatment to stop progression of the disease is Low Dose Naltrexone. It will not reverse damage so you need to get your son on it right away. It is also used for lyme disease to boost the immune system.
It seems a lot of people get some auto immune disease process going on with lyme disease. I had antibodies against my thyroid. After a week on LDN I had to quit my medication! LDN is a panacea for autoimmune diseases.
Be sure to read the last paragraph. LDN has not gone through trials for diabetes and is prescribed "off label". Great if the blood sugar resolves with lyme treatment but I would not wait to see what happens.